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IGN Closes TeamXbox
- Thread starter Wario64
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Didn't realize there were so many TXBers here.
I used to write for Xbox 2K but then they were bought by UGO and I started spending my time at TXB and SRK. I've been posting at TXB for over ten years now, which is somewhat hard to believe.
Anyway, the forums are going to remain up (for now), but it is a shame to see it close.
I used to write for Xbox 2K but then they were bought by UGO and I started spending my time at TXB and SRK. I've been posting at TXB for over ten years now, which is somewhat hard to believe.
Anyway, the forums are going to remain up (for now), but it is a shame to see it close.
Lumpy Onion
Member
I use to frequent TeamXbox a few years ago. Sad to hear it closing.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Sad to see it go.
While I never posted there myself, I was a longtime lurker.
Now only if they shutdown PS3forums...
While I never posted there myself, I was a longtime lurker.
Now only if they shutdown PS3forums...
How can you even blame them? What does Xbox have to report on? Halo Halo Halo Gears Halo Fable Assassin's Creed Halo Gears Prequel Forza Halo ...Dust Halo
Even if IGN are Sony fanboys, clearly Sony has the upper hand when it comes to games. There's no point in having an Xbox dedicated website when they already have that on IGN to begin with.
Even if IGN are Sony fanboys, clearly Sony has the upper hand when it comes to games. There's no point in having an Xbox dedicated website when they already have that on IGN to begin with.
Couldn't have picked a better username.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
Seems they are keeping the forums up.
Such non-news unless we get word of the forums going down. It's about all the site has had for a long time.. and IMO.. was never a good front page. *runs*
Such non-news unless we get word of the forums going down. It's about all the site has had for a long time.. and IMO.. was never a good front page. *runs*
The rock was there with the both of them (I think) - this chat was occurring during and after the bill gates announcement of the design of the Xbox at CES (as well as launch titles Malice, Oddworld and Tony Hawk 2x) - Bill Gates and The Rock were on stage
I could be wrong tho, I wasn't there- just at home
Darth Sonik
we need more FPS games
Yeah I was a regular TeamXbox reader/lurker/poster until I got approved here. It had gone to shit before the 360 launched, but the coverage of the new hotness kept it on life support until 2006.
Was a great place back in the day, and the forums were very cool for a "brand specific" site.
Was a great place back in the day, and the forums were very cool for a "brand specific" site.
Statement from shockwave
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/25968/Parting-Words-from-Brent-Shockwave-Soboleski/
TheContact
Member
Why? Were they losing money??
Dreams-Visions
Member
Probably on staff, yes.
Apparently the forums are staying open. Guess they're making some money there. But those run themselves.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
What was planet xbox??
AuthenticM
Member
TeamXbox was the Fox News of video game fanboyist websites. They were actively promoting flame wars and bigotry. Here's an example.
They will not be missed.
They will not be missed.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Cesar article. As I said, that git made me jump ship to GAF, even if back then GAF hated anything Xbox related.
The community was good, tho, even if a bit unruly.
Edit: IIRC this particular piece greeted the visitor with a laugh track. I kid you not.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
They weren't paying any staff.
That ended in early 2010.
They had a couple of volunteers updating the front page.
They basically just turned off admin access... the volunteers said it was a decision made based on pulling traffic from IGN. They probably just didn't want to keep running such an amateur outfit... even if they are unpaid these people were still posting up things in IGNs name.
Beyond that, they may be preparing to get rid of the forums too.. perhaps they are going to "migrate" all content over to IGN.com.
They've had basically a "code freeze" on the forums for 2 years.. they can't even install basic bot protection there.
Clever!
I'm saying, the level of content that they're producing with TeamXbox is orthogonal to what they've already got going on IGN's own website; hosting both is merely a time and money sink. However, I do understand the community aspect that has grown from TeamXbox that many appreciate, and yes, it is sad when something of that nature goes under.
and that was just their front page. their forums were militant xbox crusaders on bathsalts.
Good riddance.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
I once read a TeamXbox review that said a feature was "fun, but I didn't get a chance to try it out too much."
That feature was a co-op mode.
That didn't exist.
I bought the game for the co-op mentioned in the review..
Quality stuff.. these were supposedly PAID editors.
ThisWreckage
Banned
Maybe it wouldn't have closed if it didn't devolve into an ultra cliquey circle jerk.
That's the final evolution of all forums.
Neuromancer
Member
Bummer. Team Xbox was awesome.
YOU'RE KIDDING
BlackArrow
Neo Member
The best forum I've ever been apart of. I'm gonna miss that place.
statham
Member
I miss the ask 'Dad' for advice thread in off-topic, he had a milkman avatar if I remember correctly, and Garp was funny. was he the one trying to pass the bar to become a lawyer? I had some good times there. Smurfboy was a deaf gamer that I enjoyed reading stuff from for a different opinion. along with TFX and his avatars.
IISANDERII
Member
Hate the forums. My friend had a very high failure rate for the 360 when it came out(went through 10+ 360s in 8 months) and we went on the forums to try to find a solution. Some mod called us liars and demanded proof, asking for our case# or something. Gave it to him and that shut him up for a while and then when I asked him what he found, he said he was unable to verify anything, basically admitting his bluff. A week later our account was suddenly banned for "trolling."
statham
Member
well worded, I still wish shockwave could have re bought the site or name and keep it going with the new xbox launch.
except the entire point is that console-specific sites are outdated.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
The forums had already gone to the dogs by then. The admins/mods were utter fanboy trash.
Interficium
Banned
Direct descendent of the Royal Kim Dynasty in Korea.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
Member
Never had a problem with the mods, in the 10+ years I've been there.
Best Xbox forum on the web.
Nice place to get away from the PC elitists and Sony Defense Force that plague many gaming forums.
Hardly ever read the TXB main site or news though; some of the articles were stupid crap.
Guess that's why IGN sucked them in.
Best Xbox forum on the web.
Nice place to get away from the PC elitists and Sony Defense Force that plague many gaming forums.
Hardly ever read the TXB main site or news though; some of the articles were stupid crap.
Guess that's why IGN sucked them in.
Sadly, that's how the majority of the threads there are now.
I used to really like posting on the forums since there were many fair gamers that you could have good discussions with. Many of them left.
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